In 2020, Coloradans will have more options for consuming marijuana in public
Starting on Jan. 1, House Bill 1230 will allow two entirely new types of businesses in Colorado: tasting rooms that can sell cannabis flower and cannabis products, and “marijuana hospitality establishments,” which can’t sell cannabis on-site but...
Pros and Cons: Letters favor marijuana dispensary outside Granby by over 3-1 ratio
Letters submitted to the Grand County Commissioners ahead of the cancelled IgadI dispensary hearing highlight the main arguments from sides for and against the recreational marijuana dispensary. Originally scheduled for Nov. 12, the canceled hearing...
Grand County marijuana sales surpass $600k in September
Grand County recorded $615,627 in recreational marijuana sales in September, greatly surpassing sales from the same month last year and reflecting a trend of increasing marijuana sales in the county. Untitled infographicInfogram The Colorado Department...
Second dispensary in Fraser allowed extended hours
Fraser is now home to the two dispensaries in Grand County open the latest, after the town board approved longer hours for Rocky Mountain Cannabis. At its regular meeting Nov. 6, the manager of Rocky...
Dispensary hearing canceled over lease question
Tuesday’s public hearing for a proposed marijuana dispensary outside Granby was postponed due to a question with the property lease. Originally scheduled for 1 p.m. Nov. 12, the hearing for IgadI’s application to open a...
Hearing for marijuana dispensary outside Granby postponed
Tuesday’s public hearing for a proposed marijuana dispensary outside Granby has been postponed. Originally scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, the hearing for IgadI’s application to open a new retail marijuana store in Grand County has...
Colorado marijuana regulators finalizing ban on certain additives in cannabis vape products
Colorado’s marijuana regulators are finalizing a ban on certain additives in cannabis vape products, a significant step given new urgency by a national crisis over a mysterious lung disease linked to e-cigarettes and marijuana vape pens. The state’s...
Judge squashes lawsuit seeking to reverse Grand County’s marijuana taxes
A lawsuit seeking to reverse Grand County’s voter-approved 5% sales tax on retail marijuana has gone up in smoke. Grand County District Judge Mary Hoak dismissed David Michel’s lawsuit against the Grand County Board of...
Grand County marijuana sales top $400K in April
Grand County recorded $422,678 in recreational marijuana sales in April, a figure that greatly surpasses the same month last year but remains almost $300,000 behind the best month of this year. Monthly marijuana sales are...
Rocky Mountain Cannabis opening in Fraser offers expert budtenders, custom pot selection
A new dispensary opening in Fraser hopes to attract both new tokers and those who partake more frequently with its handpicked selection of marijuana products and expert budtenders. Rocky Mountain Cannabis, which is located at...
Taking the high road: County bucks statewide marijuana driving trend
An odor of marijuana, slowed reaction times, divided attention and muscle tremors are all things law enforcement officers look for when trying to determine if someone is driving under the influence of marijuana. While local...
CDOT seeks public input on new marijuana-impaired driving campaign
The Colorado Department of Transportation has launched an online survey in hopes of gathering public input on creative concepts and messaging for a new marijuana-impaired driving campaign. The survey, part of CDOT’s ongoing “Cannabis Conversation”...
Open late: Fraser approves extended hours for first marijuana dispensary
In the first utilization of Fraser’s recently changed marijuana ordinance, the town’s board of trustees approved extended hours for Silver Stem Fine Cannabis. Silver Stem, located in the Fraser Valley Shopping Center, requested the board...
Higher than ever: New study links strong weed to psychosis
If someone could time-travel back to a 1970s Woodstock festival and pass around a joint stuffed with top-shelf, Colorado-grown marijuana, the effects could shatter people’s reality. That’s because today’s marijuana strains, following a wave of...
Kremmling plans to put marijuana question on 2020 ballot
Marijuana will likely be on the ballot in Kremmling next year as town officials look to gauge public support for a possible repeal of the town’s existing ban on cannabis-based businesses. In January, Mark Wellstone,...
CBD gains popularity in Grand County as users tout benefits
Colorado is preparing to see heavy growth in the hemp industry this year, particularly in regards to one of the most popular hemp-derived products, CBD. CBD, short for cannabidiol, is a non-psychoactive compound found in...
Marijuana sales in county pass $5M
Retail marijuana sales keep growing in Colorado, with a record setting 2018, bringing tax dollars to communities across the state. Last week, the collective retail marijuana sales in the state surpassed the $6 billion mark,...
Does cannabis cost or pay? Study claims marijuana costs $4.50 for every $1 it generates
Coloradans spend $4.57 to mitigate marijuana’s effects for every tax dollar it generates, claims a recently released study. Colorado Christian University’s Centennial Institute scoured 2017 data to try to understand the economic and social costs of...
Legalizing marijuana doesn’t appear to have created a Colorado crime wave, according to state report
LAKEWOOD — Legal pot has not created a Colorado crime wave, but it’s still new, according to a state report released Friday, Oct. 26. The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice Office of Research and Statistics...
Colorado recreational marijuana sales boom in month of March
DENVER — Recreational marijuana sales in Colorado eclipsed $105 million in March 2018, the highest monthly total for adult-use sales in the program’s history. The record-breaking month is part of a broader, seasonal trend playing...